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42. Captain Marvel (Freddy Freeman)
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In, I think week 3 of the campaign, we traveled to Fawcett City under direction of the Shadowpact (the secret alliance of magicians who band together when the existence of magic is at stake) to try to find clues as to the location of Captain Marvel, the Superman of the magical world. In a city run by his very villains, we found not Captain Marvel, but Captain Marvel Jr., Freddy Freeman.

After a short jaunt to the Rock of Eternity's resting place, we found that the wizard Shazam had been replaced by Billy, now going just by Marvel. And thus Freddy was christened the new Captain Marvel. However, he had little powers yet - SHAZAM is the magic word that granted Billy the powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, etc... Freddy's magic word is CAPTAIN MARVEL. And when he was granted the title by Billy, he only had the power of one letter - M, for Marvel.

Since then, we have collected powers of Chiron, Ale, Nanaue, and most recently Vyndktvx. A curious pantheon, but one of necessity. Freddy has been regaining his powers, and even had the wherewithal to help gods of Order and Chaos, Terataya and T'charr hold off the Spectre for some time. Until they fell.

So what makes Freddy such a good character to interact with? Maturity. He's got a real thing about maturity. Freddy is older than Billy by a bit, but Freddy was Captain Marvel Jr. And Freddy is still young - 19 or so? And yet, in Z'onn Z'orr, he was with us by week 4 and was more experienced than the PC's or most of the people we'd be collecting. That has changed somewhat since, but always, Freddy is focused on the mission, not too easily distracted, and for lack of a better word, heroic. He does a better job at representing a hero than most anybody in Z'onn Z'orr.

Freddy has some interesting relationships, such as being one of the first to point out Saoirse (my witch) as being a better person than she tries to let on. But his friendship with Brennus (MI's character, the wizard son of Count Vertigo) is perhaps the marquee. Brennus is sort of opposite of Freddy in a lot of ways - Freddy is organized, polite, clean - Brennus is a slob (who eats cheetos out of his pockets). Freddy is measured and reserved - Brennus is brash and impulsive. But Brennus, despite everything he's learning, still has a drive to help people without a thought. Brennus rushes in to danger without thinking more than anyone. And that sort of heroism is I think a link between the two. Brennus may be so very different than Freddy, but that just serves to complement both.

Brennus also has a big crush on Freddy, but Freddy is sort of focused on getting his powers and finding Mary Marvel, so that one has hit a bit of a standstill as Brennus starts learning how to be a ho from my character. But that friendship is still strong, and still mayyyyybe could develop into something more? Boy I don't know.

Hint for 41: A character whose prime was before the Vietnam war.